04/21/2025
Let's talk a bit about Nym.
Nym started as one of my player characters in an old computer RPG. I first played her as a mischievous wizard-rogue who loved pickpocketing others and using illusions to disguise the stolen object if she was ever caught. She would normally give the item back with equally as much flair, making it "appear" in the strangest or funniest of places. For her, it wasn't about greed or even practicality. It was all about the humor of the prank.
As Nym grew in magical prowess, however, her attention shifted. She became less interested in the minor magics of her pranks in favor of pursuing true and permanent alterations of items- enchantments. Curiosity led to fascination, fascination led to aspiration, and aspiration led to mastery.
When she reached her maximum potential in that game, I played her in another, and in a totally different setting. Then another. And finally, I began to use her as a non-player character in tabletop RPGs and in an online persistent world server. She had become a staple in my repertoire of characters, and my go-to character whenever a player wanted an unusual or custom magical item. It was during this chapter that I came up with the idea for "Nym's Next Level", the name of her shop in the realm she happens to be serving at the time.
Now, Nym is here! She's come to our universe, plane of existence, dimension, or whatever else you may want to call this life we live in. She's part of it! Nym's Next Level exists, and here, Nym has learned how to bring a whole other world to us! It's called Ivos, and I'll tell you all about it soon enough.
Until then, I can't help but wonder...
Did I create Nym, or am I simply the vessel through which Nym willed herself into this world from another...?
